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Old 10-25-2016, 12:14 AM
 
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With Obamacare having issues the talk of a public option is coming back up. Now as I understand it a public option would be a gov't run insurance system that would allow people to choose from it or private health insurance. This is supposed to bring more competition to health insurance. But my question is who is paying for this public option? Since it will be public the money for funding is coming from tax payers right? But if a tax payer has a private plan then aren't they going to be paying twice for healthcare? One payment for their private plan and another payment to fund the public option through their taxes. Should people be paying twice for healthcare like that? Also wouldn't the tax payers with the private plans be funding their private plan's competition(the government's public option)?

Or will things be different from how I'm describing it?
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Old 10-25-2016, 01:30 AM
 
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The middle class.
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Old 10-25-2016, 01:50 AM
 
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a public option would be funded in part by the people that sign up for it, and then also by everyone else that pays taxes.
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Old 10-25-2016, 03:50 AM
 
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With Obamacare having issues the talk of a public option is coming back up. Now as I understand it a public option would be a gov't run insurance system that would allow people to choose from it or private health insurance. This is supposed to bring more competition to health insurance. But my question is who is paying for this public option? Since it will be public the money for funding is coming from tax payers right? But if a tax payer has a private plan then aren't they going to be paying twice for healthcare? One payment for their private plan and another payment to fund the public option through their taxes. Should people be paying twice for healthcare like that? Also wouldn't the tax payers with the private plans be funding their private plan's competition(the government's public option)?

Or will things be different from how I'm describing it?
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Old 10-25-2016, 03:50 AM
 
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How about this. Stop giving our money away to foreigners and foreign countries. Stop importing criminals and refugees. Bring most of our troops home and close most overseas bases. Do we really NEED 19 aircraft carriers when Russia and China each have ONE? How about we stick about 5 into mothballs and stop building new ones for awhile. Do we really NEED troops in virtually every country in the world? Other than embassy security.

So we really need like 26 federal alphabet agencies with SWAT teams. I mean really and Dept of Agriculture swat team? Close most of the agencies. All we need is the FBI and Federal Marshalls and a small force of Secret Service to protect the president. (Unless the president is anti gun, then why should she get armed protection when they rest of us can't?)

My guess is that will more than cover the cost and probably give us all money back!
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Old 10-25-2016, 05:19 AM
 
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It will also be run by the totally competent people who run the local DMV.
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Old 10-25-2016, 06:05 AM
 
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It will also be run by the totally competent people who run the local DMV.
And yet all the Republicans on Medicare don't seem to complain so much. In fact, isn't it true that the vast vast majority would never give it up? I seem to remember those old guys at tea party rallies holding up signs saying get your hands off my Medicare
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Old 10-25-2016, 06:12 AM
 
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And yet all the Republicans on Medicare don't seem to complain so much. In fact, isn't it true that the vast vast majority would never give it up? I seem to remember those old guys at tea party rallies holding up signs saying get your hands off my Medicare
You mean the people who paid into that system (insurance) don't want to lose it now that they are receiving the benefit they PAID FOR?

Medicare is insurance and not a healthcare system like the VA.
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Old 10-25-2016, 06:13 AM
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Our wise and benevolent govt will fund it with it's own money
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Old 10-25-2016, 06:18 AM
 
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You mean the people who paid into that system (insurance) don't want to lose it now that they are receiving the benefit they PAID FOR?

Medicare is insurance and not a healthcare system like the VA.
I'm gonna be paying for the public option, too. What's the difference? Nothing at all. I'm paying for Medicare that I'm not getting right now.

Public option is gonna be insurance too and not a healthcare system
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